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Suggestion of Modern Drama

Suggestion of Modern Drama: MA-2022

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Part – C

You Never Can Tell

  1. *** Justify the title of the play ‘You Never Can Tell’.
  2. *** Evaluate “You Never Can Tell” as an anti-romantic comedy.
  3. *** Critically comment on Shaw’s treatment of love and marriage in You Never Can Tell.
  4. *** Comment on Shaw’s art of characterization in You Never Can Tell.
  5. Consider ‘You Never Can Tell’ a drama of ideas.

Desire Under the Elms

  1. *** Discuss O’Neill’s style in ‘Desire Under the Elms’.
  2. *** Discuss the theme of revenge in Desire Under the Elms.
  3. *** Analyze the relationship between the father and his sons in O’Neil’s Desire Under the Elms.
  4. *** How does O’Neill treat the theme of sin and retribution in ‘Desire Under the Elms?
  5. How did the feelings of mother fixation influence Eben in his youth?
  6. How does O’Neill react to the philosophy of Puritanism? Discuss it in reference to the play ‘Desire Under the Elms’. 
  7. Comment on O’Neill’s use of symbols in Desire Under the Elms.
  8. Discuss Eben-Abbie relationship.
  9. Consider Desire Under the Elms as a tragedy of passions.

Death of a Salesman

  1. *** What Picture of American society and family life do you find in “Death of a Salesman”?
  2. *** Discuss the relation between Willy Loman and his sons.
  3. Critically discuss Willy Loman as a tragic hero/character.
  4. *** Analyze Miller’s use of dramatic technique in ‘Death of a Salesman’.
  5. *** Comment on the role of Linda in Death of a Salesman.

The Glass Menagerie

  1. *** Discuss Laura as a tragic figure/character of Laura in ‘The Glass Menagerie’.
  2. *** How do Amanda’s dreams for her daughter contrast with the realities?
  3. *** What autobiographical elements do you find in The Glass Menagerie? 
  4. How far is Amanda Wingfield’s obsession with the past responsible for the doomed present in The Glass Menagerie?
  5. Examine the dramatic techniques you find in ‘The Glass Menagerie”.

Part – B

You Never Can Tell

  1. What are the two sorts of family life described in You Never Can Tell?
  2. Describe the first love scene between Valentine and Gloria?
  3. Describe the second love scene between Valentine and Gloria?
  4. Give a short sketch of Shaw’s philosophy of live force with reference to You Never Can Tell.
  5. What role does Mr. Bohun play to bring about the family reconciliation?
  6. How does Valentine’s try to convince Gloria of his true love for her?
  7. Explain Valentine’s duel of sex.
  8. How does Valentine define love?
  9. How does Mrs. Clandon express her cynical attitude to love?
  10. How does Shaw satirize Victorian Modern relationships in You Never Can Tell?
  11. Who conveys the message at the end of You Never Can Tell and what is it?

Desire Under the Elms

  1. Comment on the significance of the Elms in the play “Desire Under the Elms”.
  2. Describe the significance of the farm to the characters in Desire Under the Elms.
  3. Trace the elements of folk drama in Desire Under the Elms.
  4. Describe Cabot’s faith in God.
  5. How does Eben and Abbie become tragic figure at the end of the play Desire Under the Elms?
  6. Where does Cabot hide his money and what happens to it?
  7. Describe the Cabot farmhouse.
  8. Write a short note on the character of Cabot.
  9. Discuss the theme of loneliness in Desire Under the Elms.
  10. What elements of naturalistic play do you find in Desire Under the Elms?
  11. How does Eben take revenge on his father?

Death of a Salesman

  1. What was Willy Loman’s concept of an ideal salesman?
  2. Why does Howard fire Willy from his job?
  3. Why did Willy become a salesman?
  4. What function does Ben play in Death of a Salesman?
  5. Point out the expressionistic techniques used in Death of a Salesman.
  6. Write down the similarities between Willy and Linda.
  7. What are the concepts of Miller about tragedy?
  8. Discuss in brief Willy Loman’s tragic flaw.
  9. Describe the role of Linda Loman in Death of a Salesman.
  10. What made Willy Loman commit suicide?
  11. Write a short note on the character of Biff Loman.

The Glass Menagerie

  1. Describe the conflict between Tom and Amanda.
  2. Discuss in brief “The Glass Menagerie” as a memory play.
  3. Describe the symbolic significance of the gentleman caller/Jim O’Connor.
  4. What is the Paradise Dance Hall? What does it symbolize?
  5. What is peculiar about Laura?
  6. Discuss the symbol of the glass menagerie.
  7. Justify the tile of The Glass Menagerie.
  8. What does Laura’s nickname Blue Roses symbolize?
  9. Who is the protagonist in The Glass Menagerie?
  10. Is the ending of The Glass Menagerie optimistic of pessimistic?
  11. Discuss The Glass Menagerie as an Expressionist play.
  12. Comment on Tom’s nightly disappearance.
  13. What does Williams say about the role of the poet in The Glass Menagerie?